Yucca sp.
Yucca

 Family:
 Genus:
 Plant Type:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Flower Notes:
White (Wide and especially tall, usually white, flower panicles)
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Long, pointed, sword-like foliage arranged in rosettes)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Brown capsules; not ornamentally important)
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Requires well-drained soil- do not overwater
 Range:
Semiarid environments of North America, Central America, and South America
 Ecological Functions:
  Special Characteristics:
  • Flowering Characteristics 287
  • Barrier 20
  • Highway Plantings 9
  • Mass Plantings 288
  • Specimen 630
  • Drought Tolerant 289
  • Salt Tolerant 60
  • Tolerant of Poor Site Conditions 187
  • Notable Texture 282
  • Slow Growth Rate 272

    • Additional Information

    The Yucca genus is comprised of evergreen shrubs and trees with bold, sword-like leaves borne in rosettes, and large, showy flower panicles.

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